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    Macaroon Bars

    1 Medium Floury Potato Peeled and Boiled
    boiled weight 2 3/4 ozs
    1lb Icing Sugar
    7-9ozs Quality Chocolate
    Milk or Dark or Mix
    4 1/2-5 1/2ozs Desiccated Coconut

    Boil potato in unsalted water drain and dry
    place in a food mixer not processor
    and mix with the flat beaters slowly
    adding the sugar slowly until a smooth and stiff paste is formed

    tip into a 9x7 lighly buttered tin and smooth out
    chill for a hr or put in the freezer for 20mins until hard

    Melt the chocolate in a shallow bowl
    toast the coconut by dry frying in batches
    tip coconut onto a plate

    cut and separate the mixture into cut bars
    dip each bar in the chocolate then in turn dip in coconut
    place on greaseproof paper to harden

    this recipe is taken from A cook book compiled by a Lady and published for her 80th Birthday by her Grandson
    Its nice to be nice

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    Thanks for posting that recipe Anne. I was just the other day thinking about making them but seem to have lost my copy of the recipe!

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    We used to make these as kids, thanks anne for the reminder, going to make with my lot

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    these sound yummy.......havent tried home made ones before
    The miracle is not to fly in the air,
    or to walk on the water,but to walk on the earth.

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    Just like I remember them Anne, delicious!
    Now! Where that Carmel Wafer's recipe you promised?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buttercup View Post
    Just like I remember them Anne, delicious!
    Now! Where that Carmel Wafer's recipe you promised?

    will do promise from the same source !!!
    Its nice to be nice

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